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[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

China could potentially be explained by them not giving a fuck about software piracy -- at least in the 90s and early 2000s -- so money was never a motivation to move to Linux.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 weeks ago

Windows costs about as much as a meal and the key lasts decades. Money was never the motivation.

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

When I started doing stuff with computers, I was about 15 years away from my first paycheck. I very rarely paid for software, and when I did it was almost always a game.

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